Esoteric AI: To disenchant the enchanted, and enchant the disenchanted takes us back through time, revealing how humanity’s relationship with prediction and magic stretches across history—and how AI itself builds on this lineage.

From ancient oracles and Roman augury to the rise of social physics and modern AI, the chapter shows that what appears to be a purely data-driven, scientific process today is shaped by age-old desires to control the uncertain.

Challenging the idea of AI as an all-knowing force, beyond human understanding or control, Esoteric AI exposes how AI predictions—often seen as neutral, objective, and inevitable—are embedded in narratives of power that dictate our perceptions of the future.